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Pouring rosé champagne into wine glasses at an elegant tasting event
The Best Champagnes Under $100 to Raise a Glass with this New Year's Eve
|Sara Underdown.
Champagne on New Year’s Eve may be all about the ‘pop’ and party but choose wisely and you will add even more sparkle to your special occasion – and you... Read more...
French bistro table with salad, bread, white wine, and Le Petit Gimios bottle
Top (Off The Beaten Track) Experiences in Champagne
|Sara Underdown.
Champagne has an ever-increasing array of visitor experiences. These suggestions will get you off the beaten track and onto a path less followed. L’Épicerie Au Bon Manger 7 rue Courmeaux,... Read more...
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The Ultimate Three Day Guide to Visiting Champagne
|Sara Underdown.
Ah, champagne. That otherworldly wine with its hypnotic bubbles, heady aromatics and je ne sais quoi. Though the bubbles that scale the length of every glass may be the one... Read more...
Group toasting champagne glasses at a bright indoor party with greenery and window backdrop
Where to Drink Champagne in Australia
|Sara Underdown.
Take a note from our extensive book on the very best places to enjoy champagne this Global Champagne Day (28 October) in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane and Perth.   Sydney... Read more...
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Vitalie Taittinger
|Sara Underdown.
Vitalie Taittinger’s appeal as a woman in charge in Champagne is part of the winds of change blowing ever so gently across the region. But she is more than a... Read more...
Paris wine bar interior with stone ceiling, wine bottles, and tasting glasses on counter
Dilettantes, Paris, France
|Sara Underdown.
Follow the labyrinth of cobblestone roads along the bohemian back-streets of Paris’ St Germain des Pres and you will discover the hidden delights of Dilettantes. Don’t let its unassuming shop... Read more...
Champagne tasting event in an elegant hall with chandeliers and ornate decor
Champagne Week 2018
|Sara Underdown.
Champagne Week has become an annual pilgrimage for wine professionals around the globe keen to explore the diversity of Champagne’s terroir and styles with tastings of still wine and finished... Read more...
Taste Champagne 2018
Taste Champagne 2018
|Sara Underdown.
Taste Champagne, Tyson Stelzer’s annual champagne road show, harnessed an audience of more than 3,500 people who attended trade and public events in seven cities around the country in August... Read more...
Crowded champagne tasting event in a modern banquet hall with bottles on tables
Taste Champagne 2018
|Sara Underdown.
Taste Champagne, Tyson Stelzer’s annual champagne road show, harnessed an audience of more than 3,500 people who attended trade and public events in seven cities around the country in August... Read more...
Modern champagne bar at Sofitel Darling Harbour with city skyline view, elegant decor, and bottle displays.
Champagne Bar, Sofitel Darling Harbour, Sydney
|Sara Underdown.
Sydney’s latest champagne bar seems right at home alongside the city’s picturesque harbour. Situated on level three of the new-ish five-star Sofitel Darling Harbour, its contemporary French design is impressively... Read more...

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